NOW COMES THE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA and MOVES this Court to join the above
referenced cases for trial during this term, pursuant to N.C.
Gen.Stat. 15A-926.

In support of this Motion, the State
alleges:

1. That each of these offenses
occurred on or about October 9, 1995.
2. That these offenses are based upon the same series of acts or
transactions.
3. That these acts are part of a common scheme, to kill Patricia
Blakely Kimble, burn her dwelling thus destroying evidence, and
collect the proceeds of her life insurance policies.
4. That the State will use the same witnesses to prove each of these
cases.
5. That the State has given full discovery in each case.

BASED UPON THE AFOREGOING FACTS,
the State of North Carolina MOVES this Court to order that
these cases be consolidated for trial.

This Monday, August 3, 1998.

/signature/

Richard E. Panosh,
Assistant District Attorney

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Richard E. Panosh, Assistant District Attorney for the Eighteenth
Prosecutorial District, hereby certify that I have served a copy of
the attached document on the counsel for the Defendant this date by:

( X ) Placing said copy in an official depository of the United
States Post office with the first-class postage prepaid and with the
same addressed to: